Week # S.P.I. 1st 9 Weeks: Essential Questions
1 601.1.1 Can I identify the correct use of prepositional
phrases?Can I identify the correct use of nouns?
2 601.1.1 Can I identify the correct use of pronouns?
3 601.1.1 Can I identify the correct use of pronouns?
4 601.1.1 Can I identify the correct use of verbs?
5 601.1.1 Can I identify the correct use of verbs?Can I identify
sentences with correct subject/verb agreement?
6 601.3.1 Can I identify the purpose of writing? (inform, describe ,
explain, persuade)
601.3.2 Can I identify the audience for which text is written?
7 601.3.3 Can I identify an appropriate thesis statement for a writing
sample?
601.1.11 Can I complete a graphic organizer from notes? (clustering,
listing, mapping, webbing)
8 601.3.6 Can I choose the supporting sentence that best fits the flow
of ideas in a paragraph?
601.3.9 Can I select an appropriate concluding sentence for a
paragraph?
9 Review Benchmark Testing and Review
Week # S.P.I. 2nd 9 Weeks: Essential Questions
1 601.3.5 Can I select Illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to
support key Ideas?
601.3.7 Can I Identify Irrelevant sentences to a paragraph's theme or
flow?
2 601.1.3 Can I Identify the correct use of adjectives?
3 601.1.3 Can I Identify the correct use of adverbs?
4 601.1.5 Can I Identify the correct use of conjunctions and
Interjections?
601.1.13 Can I choose the appropriate interjection to complete a
sentence?
5 601.1.9 Can I recognize the usage errors with double negatives?
Can I recognize the usage errors with troublesome words?
6 601.1.14 Can I select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
within context?
601.1.15 Can I use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and
affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words?
601.1.16 Can I use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and
affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words?
7 601.1.7 Can I identify within context a variety of sentence
combining?(comma+conjunction, introductory words,
appositives, interrupters)
601.1.12 Can I identify the correct use of commas? (compound
sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words,
appositive, interrupters)
8 601.1.6 Can I identify the correct use of colons?Can I identify the
correct use of quotations?
9 Review Benchmark Testing and Review
Week # S.P.I. 3rd 9 Weeks: Essential Questions
1 601.1.6 Can I identify the correct use of commas when using
quotations marks?
2 601.1.8 Can you select the appropriate method to correct a run-on
sentence? (conjunctions, semicolons, and periods)
601.3.8 Can I select appropriate time-order words or transitional
words/phrases to help the flow of a writing sample?
3 601.1.18 Can I identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in
context?
601.1.10 Can I identify the correct spelling of plurals and
possessives?
4 601.4.1 Can I select the most focused research topic?
601.4.2 Can I rank research resources according to reliability?
601.4.4 Can I distinguish between primary (letters, interview,
diaries, newspapers) and secondary sources (ref. books,
periodicals, internet, and biographies)
5 601.1.12 Can I select the most appropriate format for writing
work-related text? (instructions, directions, letters, memos,
emails, reports)
601.4.3 Can I determine the most appropriate research source for a
given topic?
601.4.5 Can I distinguish irrelevant r4search material from written
text?
6 601.1.17 Can I use a dictionary, thesaurus, electronic sources, and
glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar
words?
7 601.1.19 Can I recognize and use grade appropriate and
content-specific vocabulary within context?
601.1.20 Can I use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication,
and spelling patterns to determine the meaning?
8 Review Benchmark Testing and Review
9 Review TCAP Review
Week # S.P.I. 4th 9 Weeks: Essential Questions
1 Review TCAP Review
2 Testing TCAP Testing
3 Testing TCAP Testing
4 Research Application
5 Research Application
6 Expository Writing Focus
7 Expository Writing Focus
8 Memory Book Writing
9 End-of-Year Activities
